The Silver Fern

Open with Dipak

Calmed down a bit
Anyone criticising Christie, Pi** off. He played his guts out.
DMac needs to start.
Jordan is fine on the wing. We need DMac/ Love at fullback.
Proctor let the shackles off and played well. The own half cross kick was a brain fade though.
Scott Barrett and Vaai were immense.
Sititi is a class act and thinks calmly under pressure.
We have depth in the forwards to bring on Holland with 20 minutes to play.
South Africa have plenty of upside , scarily good at times.
Roigard would add another dimension.
Haven't been that nervous since ABs v Ireland 2023

Thank you Dane Coles
At your peak GOAT AB

Well that added some spice to the AB team announcement. Guaranteed bitchfest on the TSF coming soon.

There's too much negativity on here. We can still win this.
Didn't have a shit show vs SA after 15 minutes man down and penalty avalanche.
Schmidt and Ryan are smart will adapt.
Cut out all cute shite inside our own half.
Use JB's boot more.
Value territory more.
Fast paced pick n goes.
Patience be prepared to go through the phases.
We have played some outstanding rugby in the last 9 months. We can do it

I'm thinking not selecting DMac as first five was a mistake

Still scratching my head in disbelief that compared to a year ago we have some devastating wingers, a solid 2nd five, RM and SF fulfilling their potential, Sco Bar Beast mode activated and a front row.
By crikey the gods are smiling.

DMac deserves a lot more love on here. Won the game for us.

@Mr-Fish said in All Blacks v France I:

Holland's received a lot of praise but I was a little bit underwhelmed.

He didn't really put a foot wrong but he also didn't do anything to suggest he's a better option that Lord or Tuipulotu at this stage. I'm absolutely not saying he shouldn't be in there, I'm as keen to see him given a go as anyone else and I'd love for him to be the new Brodie Retallick, but I've not yet (yet is key, obviously) seen anything from Holland to suggest he's anything more than a safe pair of hands in the second row.

Again, very happy to get him getting some minutes and would certainly keep giving him time in the saddle, but it's a bit unfair that we expect the loose forward to all be dynamic carriers of the ball or threats at the breakdown when the bar for Holland seems so low?

Topping the tackle charts with 17, topped the lineouts won with 7 and carried 13 times

ABs pretty good last 20 minutes.
By god the modern game can be tedious though

Patty was massive before the drop

Was at the game. Great atmosphere. Scotland played very well.
Standout Peter Lakai.
Very good DMac, Holland and Roigard.
When is DMac going to start at 10

This guy is the best no 10 in NZ
This is great news

Maintain discipline now
Whitelock and Read have been awesome

Sotutu or Jacobson havent had a fair go this tour. Both decent players

Come on Foz you got this

Come on Foz you got this

Let's be honest the first 30 was shite

Haven't seen all the match yet but some of those long Barrett kicks I saw were literally match savers.
Jordie is indispensible now.

In reality everyone on here should be happy. We have got a decent shot at the WC.
12 months ago we really were playing tiddlywinks.